[ale] VC++ to regular C++

[John Mills]

All -

When I did this I wanted to preserve cross-compatiblity as far as possible 
(go back and build my sources in VS). I wrote a couple of 
environment-specific headers that defined "my own" type names for those 
data types that varied between MS and GNU - and to pull in some 
MS-specific headers. I don't know if this is still needed. VS can spit out 
a [generally] standard Makefile from a project and I'd found a script to 
lsunder it to to a form both VS and GNU could use. Done once for each VS 
project, then they can be worked in parallel. This was about 2001 so I 
don't guarantee I could still find them. Plus, there are persistent 
differences in the environments: blocking threads bit me at the time.

  - Mills

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010, Justin Simms wrote:

> Yes, but it is not so bad. You can do the following:
>
> 1. create a new directory which will hold your source files
> 2. create a Makefile.am which looks like this:
>    bin_Programs = <program_name>
>    <program_name>_SOURCES = <your_source_files>
>    <program_name>_CXXFLAGS = -g
> 3. Next, run 'autoscan' in the directory. Then run 'mv configure.scan
> configure.ac'
> 4. Next, edit the configure.ac file:
>    remove AC_CONFIG_HEADERS
>    add AC_INIT_AUTOMAKE after AC_PROG_CXX
> 5. Save the file and exit out of your editor back to the command line
> 6. Next, run 'aclocal'
> 7. Next, run 'autoconf'
> 8. Next, run 'automake --add-missing'
>    For each file that it says it cannot find , run 'touch <FILENAME>'
> 9. run 'automake' again... This time it should not complain.
> 10. Next, run './configure'
> 11. Next, run make
>
> At this point your executable should be built.
>
> If this is not clear, I would be more than happy to explain any part of it.
>
>
> Justin
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:51 PM, wolf at wolfhalton.info
> <wolf at wolfhalton.info> wrote:
>> Hi Justin,
>>
>> 4 .c, 22 .cpp
>>
>> I would need to create  a Configure and a make file, wouldn't I?
>>
>> -Wolf
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Justin Simms <justin.simms at gmail.com>
>> Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ale] VC++ to regular C++
>> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:05:19 -0400
>>
>> Wolf,
>>
>> It should not be too hard to do, since all you need for compilation in
>> a linux environment is the source code. How many files do you have
>> that are .cpp or c.? Thanks!
>>
>> Justin
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:37 AM, wolf at wolfhalton.info
>> <wolf at wolfhalton.info> wrote:
>>> I got a little program with source code that was compiled to an .exe which
>>> failed with memory-location-unreachable error on my VirtualBox XP
>>> instance.
>>> I peeked in the source-code folder and discovered a collection of C and
>>> C++
>>> source files, but the main project file is a VC++ file.  How hard do you
>>> think it would be to adjust the project to make it readable on an Ubuntu
>>> box?
>>>
>>> -Wolf
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